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Root-owned files breaking updates security issue

Cluster 102193 · hermes cli. Data as of

2 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

The short answer

1open issue
1open PR
3items grouped
Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 1 PR closed without merging; see the attempts below.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this unresolved. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
1 issue and 1 PR.

These items address a problem where the update process creates root-owned files, breaking functionality. They involve detecting and refusing or fixing updates when root-owned paths are present in the repo tree or virtual environment.

Open issues1

  • Issue#102193[security] hermes update creates root owned files at every update, breaking functionality

Open PRs1

  • PR#102320fix(update): refuse update on root-owned repo tree, not just venv (fixes #102193)

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: other 1

  • #102258 update_cmd: fix root-owned files after update · other → 516dc1e, 6327930, #102193, #102172, #91212, #90789, #102199, #100003
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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